[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 182 (Friday, September 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54923-54924]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-23948]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste; Revised Notice of Meeting

    For the 145th meeting of the Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste 
(ACNW) which has now been rescheduled for September 23-24, 2003, 
instead of September 16-18, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.
    Notice of this meeting was published in the Federal Register on 
Monday, September 8, 2003 (68 FR 52972). Following is the information 
for this meeting.
    The entire meeting will be open to public attendance.
    The schedule for this meeting is as follows:

Tuesday, September 23, 2003

    10:30 A.M.-10:40 A.M.: Opening Statement (Open)--The Chairman will 
open the meeting with brief opening remarks, outline the topics to be 
discussed, and indicate items of interest.
    10:40 A.M.-12 Noon.: Commission Presentations (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss its presentation for the October 23, 2003 public meeting 
with the NRC Commissioners. Topics proposed for discussion:
    [sbull] Chairman's Report
    [sbull] High-Level Waste Risk Insights
    [sbull] TSPA/TPA Working Group
    [sbull] Performance Confirmation Working Group
    [sbull] Status and Pathway to Closure on KTIs
    1 P.M.-6 P.M.: Committee Retreat (Open)--The focus of the September 
2003 retreat is to identify the suite of topics that the Committee 
intends to examine over the next 12 to 18 months. The topics to be 
proposed would be consistent with the priorities defined in Action Plan 
as well as earlier Committee discussions with the Commission and NMSS 
management.

Wednesday, September 24, 2003

    8:30 A.M.-8:35 A.M.: Opening Statement (Open)--The Chairman will 
make opening remarks regarding the conduct of today's sessions.
    8:35 A.M.-1 P.M.: Committee Retreat (Continued) (Open)--The 
Committee will identify specific topics and its plans for review of the 
relevant High-Level Were issues from the present to the submission by 
DOE of a license application for the Yucca Mountain repository.
    1 P.M.-1:15 P.M.: Miscellaneous (Open)--The Committee will discuss 
matters related to the conduct of Committee activities and matters and 
specific issues that were not completed during previous meetings, as 
time and availability of information permit.
    Procedures for the conduct of and participation in ACNW meetings 
were published in the Federal Register on October 11, 2002 (67 FR 
63459). In accordance with these procedures, oral or written statements 
may be presented by members of the public. Electronic recordings will 
be permitted only during those portions of the meeting that are open to 
the public. Persons desiring to make oral statements should notify Mr. 
Howard J. Larson, ACNW (Telephone 301/415-6805), between 7:30 A.M. and 
4 P.M. ET, as far in advance as practicable so that appropriate 
arrangements can be made to schedule the necessary time during the 
meeting for such statements. Use of still, motion picture, and 
television cameras during this meeting will be limited to selected 
portions of the meeting as determined by the ACNW Chairman. Information 
regarding the time to be set aside for taking pictures may be obtained 
by contacting the ACNW office prior to the meeting. In view of the 
possibility that the schedule for ACNW meetings may be adjusted by the 
Chairman as necessary to facilitate the conduct of the meeting, persons 
planning to attend should notify Mr. Howard J. Larson as to their 
particular needs.

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    Further information regarding topics to be discussed, whether the 
meeting has been canceled or rescheduled, the Chairman's ruling on 
requests for the opportunity to present oral statements and the time 
allotted therefore can be obtained by contacting Mr. Howard J. Larson.
    ACNW meeting agenda, meeting transcripts, and letter reports are 
available through the NRC Public Document Room at [email protected], or by 
calling the PDR at 1-800-397-4209, or from the Publicly Available 
Records System (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS) which 
is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html or http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/ (ACRS & 
ACNW Mtg schedules/agendas).
    Videoteleconferencing service is available for observing open 
sessions of ACNW meetings. Those wishing to use this service for 
observing ACNW meetings should contact Mr. Theron Brown, ACNW 
Audiovisual Technician (301/415-8066), between 7:30 a.m. and 3:45 p.m. 
ET, at least 10 days before the meeting to ensure the availability of 
this service. Individuals or organizations requesting this service will 
be responsible for telephone line charges and for providing the 
equipment and facilities that they use to establish the video 
teleconferencing link. The availability of video teleconferencing 
services is not guaranteed.

    Dated: September 15, 2003.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-23948 Filed 9-18-03; 8:45 am]
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